I have a love/hate relationship with my White Lotu...

I have a love/hate relationship with my White Lotus mattress. While I mostly love it, I do have a few gripes. And so, I write this review in hopes of saving other people the hassles I have had.

First, I own the Boulder mattress, King size, which I purchased in 2009 directly from the store in NJ. I sat on the beds, spoke extensively with the sales associates and went over all the details at the time of purchase (or so I thought!)

Pros:
- It's definitely comfortable, especially if you like a firm mattress, or are used an Asian setup.
- I like the materials - I feel good that it's natural materials, fire resistant and not full of chemicals.

Cons:
- You have to be very careful about what kind of bed frame you use. If the slats are too far apart on the base, your mattress will sink into them, creating a lumpy bed. Our slats are about 7" apart and the bed sinks right into them. To their credit, White Lotus did send someone out to "fix" it, which was drilling plywood to the bottom of the bed to flatten it out. My gripe: they should have told me this in the store before I purchased my (rather expensive!) bed frame. In addition, I now have to flip my mattress to get proper air circulation. Try flipping a king sized futon!

- THE MATTRESS IS NOT A STANDARD SIZE. For 3 years, I thought that my handmade bed was sized incorrectly (since it was made abroad). Then one day I measured and realized the mattress is 80x80inch square. King size beds are 80x76 standard. I know that 4" seems negligible, but to this day I have trouble squishing it into a fitted sheet. I also have a lip on the base of my bed, which forces me to squish the mattress into the frame. The result is that the mattress slopes upward on the sides and we roll in towards the middle when we sleep. So annoying! Again, I might have chosen a better frame if I had been told this at the time of purchase.

- I turn and flip my mattress regularly, as directed. This does keep it even, but after 3 years of flipping a huge mattress, many of the heavy string used to created the internal tufting have snapped. Also, there are only handles ON ONE SIDE. This makes it ridiculously hard to turn.

FYI: WhiteLotus was nice enough to respond to my question about the size:

Yes, our king size mattresses are 80x80. I understand king size is often labeled as 76"x80", but sometimes you'll see 78"x80" or in the case of WLH, 80"x80". In fact, a few of the bed manufacturers we work with make their frames at 78"x80" and the two inch difference in size doesn't cause any issues because our mattresses are pliable. Another reason we make a square (80"x80")

But I'm telling you people, beware of the king sized mattress. It is a pain despite how overall comfortable it is. Unfortunately, I'm looking around for another mattress.